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Shloka 3

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

वेपमान इव क्रोधाद्‌ युद्धशौण्ड: परंतप: । प्रतिव्यूह्ा महातेजा यथावद्‌ भरतर्षभ

vepamāna iva krodhād yuddhaśauṇḍaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | prativyūhaṃ mahātejā yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||

Sanjaya said: Shaking, as it were, with wrath, that mighty warrior—scorcher of foes and master of battle—formed the counter-array in proper order, O bull among the Bharatas.

वेपमानःtrembling
वेपमानः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवेप्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
क्रोधात्from anger / due to anger
क्रोधात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
युद्धशौण्डःeager for battle / battle-ardent
युद्धशौण्डः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुद्धशौण्ड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परंतपःscorcher of foes
परंतपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतिव्यूहःcounter-array / counter-formation
प्रतिव्यूहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिव्यूह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातेजाःof great splendor/energy
महातेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहातेजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथावत्properly / duly
यथावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत्
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतर्षभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'bharatarṣabha')

Educational Q&A

Even intense anger in warfare is shown as being harnessed through order and strategy; martial energy becomes ethically meaningful for a kṣatriya only when governed by discipline rather than uncontrolled fury.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great warrior, trembling with wrath, nevertheless organizes a proper counter-battle formation (prativyūha) to meet the enemy’s array.